# 摸

| 摸 | U+6478, &#25720; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6478 |
| ← 摷 [U+6477] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 摹 → [U+6479] |

## Translingual
### Han character

摸 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 手+10 in simplified Chinese and Japanese, 14 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 13 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese, cangjie input 手廿日大 (QTAK), four-corner 5403$_4$, composition ⿰扌莫)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 452, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12644
* Dae Jaweon: page 802, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1929, character 4
* Unihan data for U+6478

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蟆 | *mraː |
| 鬕 | *mraːɡs |
| 饃 | *maːl |
| 模 | *maː |
| 摸 | *maː, *maːɡ |
| 嫫 | *maː |
| 謨 | *maː |
| 膜 | *maː, *maːɡ |
| 摹 | *maː |
| 暮 | *maːɡs |
| 慕 | *maːɡs |
| 募 | *maːɡs |
| 墓 | *maːɡs |
| 慔 | *maːɡs |
| 莫 | *maːɡ |
| 寞 | *maːɡ |
| 漠 | *maːɡ |
| 幕 | *maːɡ |
| 鏌 | *maːɡ |
| 瘼 | *maːɡ |
| 鄚 | *maːɡ |
| 瞙 | *maːɡ |
| 嗼 | *maːɡ, *mraːɡ |
| 塻 | *maːɡ |
| 貘 | *mraːɡ |
| 驀 | *mraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *maː, *maːɡ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ).

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): mō, māo (mo$^1$, mao$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛ, ㄇㄠ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mo$^1$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мә (mə, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mo$^2$ / mo$^1$ / mok$^3$ / mok$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mo$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): mo$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): miâ / mô / mo
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mo$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): mah
* Northern Min (KCR): mó̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): muŏ / mó̤h
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bong / bo͘ / mo͘ / mong
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mong$^5$ / mou$^5$ / mo$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$moq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mo$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mō
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mo
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^1$
*** Yale: mwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mho
*** Palladius: мо (mo)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: māo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mao
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^1$
*** Yale: māu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhau
*** Palladius: мао (mao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: mo$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mo
*** Sinological IPA : /mo⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мә (mə, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /mə²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mo$^2$ / mo$^1$ / mok$^3$ / mok$^6$
*** Yale: mó / mō / mok / mohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mo$^2$ / mo$^1$ / mok$^8$ / mok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mo$^2$ / mo$^1$ / mog$^3$ / mog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔː³⁵/, /mɔː⁵⁵/, /mɔːk̚³/, /mɔːk̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbᵘɔ⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: mo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mo⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miâ / mô / mo
*** Hakka Romanization System: mia$^ˊ$ / mo$^ˊ$ / mo
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mia$^1$ / mo$^1$ / mo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi̯a²⁴/, /mo²⁴/, /mo⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /mo⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: mah
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /maʔ/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mó̤
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: muŏ / mó̤h
*** Sinological IPA : /muo⁵⁵/, /mɔʔ²⁴/
* muŏ - “to touch; to fish for”;
* mó̤h - “to feel one's way; to be sluggish”.
* Middle Chinese: mak
Rime :
| Character | 摸 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 鐸 (103) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 慕各切 |
| Baxter | mak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mɑk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mɑk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /mɑk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mɑk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mɑk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mok$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*maːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 摸 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 9254 |
| Phonetic component | 莫 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 莫 |
| Old Chinese | /*maːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

摸
* to touch; to feel (with the hand); to caress
       Zhè zhǐ mō qǐlái hěn cūcāo. [Pinyin]
       This paper feels rough.
       Tā mō le mō nánhái de étóu, shāo de tàngshǒu. [Pinyin]
       He touched the boy's forehead. It was burning hot.
* to fish for; to fumble; to grope for
       Tā bǎ shǒu shēn jìn shàngyī kǒudài lǐ mō yàoshi. [Pinyin]
       He dug into his coat pocket for his keys.
       Tā zài hēi'àn zhōng dàochù xiā mō zhǎo lìng yī zhī wàzi. [Pinyin]
       He groped around in the dark for his other sock.
* to feel out; to sound out
       Wǒ jiǎnzhí mō bù tòu tā. [Pinyin]
       I just can't figure him out.
* to feel one's way; to grope
* to be sluggish

##### Synonyms

* (to touch): 撫／抚 (fǔ)

#### Compounds

* 不可捉摸 (bùkězhuōmō)
* 不摸頭 / 不摸头 (bù mōtóu)
* 估摸 (gūmo)
* 偷偷摸摸 (tōutōumōmō)
* 偷東摸西 / 偷东摸西
* 偷雞摸狗 / 偷鸡摸狗 (tōujīmōgǒu)
* 咂摸 (zāmo)
* 尋摸 / 寻摸 (xúnmō)
* 循衣摸床
* 打摸
* 投東摸西 / 投东摸西
* 扶牆摸壁 / 扶墙摸壁
* 捉摸 (zhuōmō)
* 捉摸不定
* 捫摸 / 扪摸
* 掏摸 (tāomō)
* 揣摸
* 描摸
* 搔頭摸耳 / 搔头摸耳
* 摸不清
* 摸不著
* 摸底 (mōdǐ)
* 摸彩
* 摸手熟
* 摸排 (mōpái)
* 摸春牛
* 摸棱 (mōléng)
* 摸棱兩可 / 摸棱两可 (mōléngliǎngkě)
* 摸氣候 / 摸气候
* 摸清
* 摸牌 (mōpái)
* 摸盲盲
* 摸瞎
* 摸秋
* 摸稜 / 摸棱 (mōléng)
* 摸稜兩可 / 摸棱两可 (mōléngliǎngkě)
* 摸稜宰相 / 摸棱宰相
* 摸米桶
* 摸索 (mōsuǒ)
* 摸脈 / 摸脉
* 摸著
* 摸透 (mōtòu)
* 摸量
* 摸金校尉
* 摸門 / 摸门 (mōmén)
* 摸門不著 / 摸门不著
* 摸門兒 / 摸门儿 (mōménr)
* 摸雞偷狗 / 摸鸡偷狗
* 摸頭 / 摸头 (mōtóu)
* 摸頭不著 / 摸头不著
* 摸骨
* 摸骨相
* 摸魚 / 摸鱼 (mōyú)
* 摸魚公 / 摸鱼公
* 摸黑 (mōhēi)
* 撫摸 / 抚摸 (fǔmō)
* 撈摸 / 捞摸
* 暗中摸索
* 東偷西摸 / 东偷西摸
* 東摸西摸 / 东摸西摸
* 東撈西摸 / 东捞西摸
* 水底摸月
* 海底摸月
* 混水摸魚 / 混水摸鱼
* 渾水摸魚 / 浑水摸鱼 (húnshuǐmōyú)
* 盲人摸象 (mángrénmōxiàng)
* 眾盲摸象 / 众盲摸象 (zhòngmángmōxiàng)
* 瞎子摸象 (xiāzimōxiàng)
* 瞎子摸魚 / 瞎子摸鱼
* 突突摸摸
* 自摸 (zìmō)
* 著摸
* 蒱睃摸索
* 觸摸 / 触摸 (chùmō)
* 踅摸 (xuémo)
* 迂摸
* 迷留摸亂 / 迷留摸乱
* 都都摸摸
* 難以捉摸 / 难以捉摸
* 順藤摸瓜 / 顺藤摸瓜 (shùnténgmōguā)
* 鬼摸腦殼 / 鬼摸脑壳
* 黑天摸地

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mó (mo$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mou$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mó
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mó
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^2$
*** Yale: mwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo
*** Palladius: мо (mo)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mou$^4$
*** Yale: mòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: mu
Rime :
| Character | 摸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 莫胡切 |
| Baxter | mu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /muo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /muo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mo/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /mo/ |
| Wang Li | /mu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /muo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mou$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*maː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 摸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 9242 |
| Phonetic component | 莫 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 模 |
| Old Chinese | /*maː/ |
| Notes | 注亦作摹，見方言 |

#### Definitions

摸
* Alternative form of 摹 (mó)
* Used in 摸棱.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

From Middle Chinese 摸 (MC mu); compare Mandarin 摸 (mó):
* Go-on: も (mo)
* Kan-on: ぼ (bo)
From Middle Chinese 摸 (MC mak); compare Mandarin 摸 (mō):
* Go-on: まく (maku)
* Kan-on: ばく (baku)
From native Japanese roots:
* Kun: うつす (utsusu, 摸す)、さぐる (saguru, 摸る)、とる (toru, 摸る)、なでる (naderu, 摸でる)、まねる (maneru, 摸る)

#### Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 摸 is mostly replaced by 模, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

#### Compounds

* 摸(も)印(いん) (moin)
* 摸(も)擬(ぎ) (mogi) (模(も)擬(ぎ), 摹(も)擬(ぎ))
* 摸(も)刻(こく) (mokoku) (模(も)刻(こく), 摹(も)刻(こく))
* 摸(も)索(さく) (mosaku) (模(も)索(さく))
* 摸(も)作(さく) (mosaku) (模(も)作(さく))
* 摸(も)写(しゃ) (mosha) (模(も)写(しゃ))
* 摸(も)出(しゅつ) (moshutsu) (模(も)出(しゅつ))
* 摸(も)製(せい) (mosei) (模(も)製(せい))
* 摸(も)造(ぞう) (mozō) (模(も)造(ぞう))
* 摸(も)倣(ほう) (mohō) (模(も)倣(ほう), 摹(も)倣(ほう))
* 摸(も)本(ほん) (mohon) (模(も)本(ほん), 摹(も)本(ほん))
* 摸(も)稜(りょう) (moryō) (模(も)稜(りょう))
* 規(き)摸(ぼ) (kibo) (規(き)模(ぼ))
* 描(びょう)摸(ぼ) (byōbo)
* 臨(りん)摸(ぼ) (rinbo) (臨(りん)模(ぼ), 臨(りん)摹(ぼ))

## Korean
### Hanja

摸 (eum 모 (mo))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

摸: Hán Nôm readings: mò, mó, mọ, mô, mạc
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